..A [shade] of [amethyst]

[SHADE. :D]

A small-ish black feline crept over the morning-bathed snow shrouding the EclipseClan camp. Her black paws made no sound in the sprkling white snow as she made her way slowly over to the warriors' den. Amethyststar halted to look around, fluffing out her thick black coat and licking her nose. Her eyes combed the nursery; the walls had been patched firmly with leaves and twigs to make it more wind-resistant. She turned her dark amber gaze on the fresh-kill pile. It was a sorry excuse for a food pile; a couple of scrawny mice and an old, boney crow. Sighing, Amethyststar continued on her way to the warriors' den; she needed to talk to her deputy, and suspected she was either out hunting or asleep in the den, as she did not remember sending the she-cat on patrol.
Poking her head in between the ferns and bracken of the warriors' den, Amethyststar saw that only one cat sat here. She could not see clearly who it was in the half-light, so called out softly: "Fernpelt? Is that you? It's Amethyststar; I need to talk to you."

[fernie. (:]

Fernpelt jumped. 'Yes, it's me.' She got up and went to the entrance of the den. 'What is it Amethyststar?'

[razor]

_{Ravencurse stalked into camp, his body still slowly drying. Each of his rips still stuck out and his figure looked oddly bony, the only thing that represented mass upon him was his muscles. In his mouth there was a further to fish and a mouse which he had grabbed on the way back. He tossed them into the poor looking kill pile and made his way over to the warriors den. He flashed a stony look at his sister before looking at Fernpelt. Shaking his head he muttered something like 'kits' before moving over to find Spectrumpaw.}

[SHADE. :D]

The black she-cat narrowed her amber eyes. Was it just her or did her deputy look troubled? She licked her shoulder thoughtfully, then turned back to Fernpelt. "I wanted to know what's the matter with you. Your usaully up earlier than this, rather than moping around in your den."

[SHADE. :D]

Spectrumpaw padded after Ravencurse, his tail held high out of the snow. The thick grey fur on his paws was soaked. He spat out his two fish on the fresh-kill pile, then shook the clinging moisture from his coat. Grumbling to himself, he padded after Ravencurse. Amethyststar affectionate;y nudged her nephew as he padded past, and he touched his nose to her's before doggedly following Ravencurse.

[fernie. (:]

'I'm sorry Amethyststar... I had gone over to try and cheer Ravencurse up and get him to eat something but he didn't want to, really. And then I asked him whether he wanted to come hunting with me and he did so we went to Eclipe Lake. And then we met Spectrumpaw hiding behind a tree and I asked him whether he had been spying on us and he said he was just hunting and then Ravencurse said something about us 'kits' having an argument and... Amethyststar, when you chose me as deputy I didn't know really what I was doing and I need to know: Do you really think I'm the cat for the job?' All of these words came out in a rush and Fernpelt sat down.

[razor]

_{Ravencurse sat down on a rock and eyes his sister, she didn't seem to care at all. She got over it quickly, why couldn't he. She barely even stopped to comfort him any more, had his own family abandoned him too. He ground his teeth and remembered when he had sniffed a patch of hazy scent on her fur. "Hows Atroxfire" he couldn't help but snap nastily before kicking up and lump of snow and storming into the den again. He sat down next to Fernpeklt and glared at the wall.}

[FIREH!!]

Spicetalon looked around before leaving the den. H saw the leader and Deputy talking so he left them to it. Spicetalon went hunting.

[SHADE. :D]

Amethyststar had opened her mouth to reply to Fernpelt, but turned her furious amber eyes on her brother. Surely he knew better by now than to say something like that to her? Hissing angrily, she glared at him, and the rift between them widened.
"I was going to suggest that we went hunting at sunhigh," she snapped at her brother. "I don't see why I should bother."
She looked at Fernpelt. "Of course your the right cat, just start acting like it," she snapped moodily before storming into her den.
Spectrumpaw raised his eyebrows expressively.

[fernie. (:]

Fernpelt decided she would go and see Beacankit. She padded over to the nursery and stuck her head in. 'Beacankit?' she called.